)
            values["combine_documents_chain"] = combine_documents_chain
        return values
    @root_validator()
    def validate_search_type(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
        """Validate search type."""
        if "search_type" in values:
            search_type = values["search_type"]
            if search_type not in ("similarity", "mmr"):
                raise ValueError(f"search_type of {search_type} not allowed.")
        return values
[docs]    @classmethod
    def from_llm(
        cls,
        llm: BaseLanguageModel,
        prompt: Optional[PromptTemplate] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> VectorDBQA:
        """Initialize from LLM."""
        _prompt = prompt or PROMPT_SELECTOR.get_prompt(llm)
        llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=_prompt)
        document_prompt = PromptTemplate(
            input_variables=["page_content"], template="Context:\n{page_content}"
        )
        combine_documents_chain = StuffDocumentsChain(
            llm_chain=llm_chain,
            document_variable_name="context",
            document_prompt=document_prompt,
        )
        return cls(combine_documents_chain=combine_documents_chain, **kwargs)
[docs]    @classmethod
    def from_chain_type(
        cls,
        llm: BaseLanguageModel,
        chain_type: str = "stuff",
        chain_type_kwargs: Optional[dict] = None,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> VectorDBQA:
        """Load chain from chain type."""
        _chain_type_kwargs = chain_type_kwargs or {}
        combine_documents_chain = load_qa_chain(
            llm, chain_type=chain_type, **_chain_type_kwargs
        )